Environmental Health Division
(269) 373 - 5337, www.kalcounty.com/eh This report summarizes all water quality data collected at Site SVC-05, Spring Valley Creek in the Kalamazoo River at Spring Brook Basin of the Kalamazoo River Corridor Sub-Watershed, which is part of the larger Kalamazoo River Watershed. (see map to the right) Water sampling and measurements are conducted by Environmental Health Division staff. |
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| Kalamazoo River at Spring Brook (State of Michigan Basin ID #: 17 65) | ||||
| Spring Valley Creek | ||||
| SVC-05 | West side of Nazareth Road, between Gull Road and East 'G' Avenue | Kalamazoo Charter Township (1) | ||
| Site Code: SVC-05, Spring Valley Creek | |||||||||
| Sample | Sample | E. coli Bacteria | Water Temperature | Dissolved Oxygen | pH | Conductivity | TDS | Turbidity | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Date | Time | (MPN) | (degrees F) | mg/L | % Saturation | (units) | (mS / cm) | (g / L) | (NTU) |
| 08/13/2008 | 12:30 | 101.7 | 71.6 | N/A | N/A | 8.13 | 0.686 | 0.4 | 0.8 |
| 06/18/2008 | 10:25 | 201.4 | 68.2 | 9.7 | 106.6% | 8.23 | 0.638 | 0.4 | 1.6 |
| 04/23/2008 | 12:21 | 98.7 | 72.2 | 12.2 | 140.7% | 8.39 | 0.696 | 0.5 | 3.0 |
| 10/24/2007 | 09:25 | 307.6 | 53.0 | 8.6 | 79.6% | 7.84 | 0.698 | 0.5 | 7.7 |
| 07/19/2007 | 11:00 | 206.4 | 75.5 | 6.9 | 82.3% | 7.98 | 0.658 | 0.4 | 1.1 |
| 06/07/2007 | 09:40 | 139.6 | 69.3 | 9.3 | 104.1% | 7.96 | 0.663 | 0.4 | 8.3 |
| 05/03/2007 | 12:30 | 25.3 | 69.5 | 9.2 | 103.0% | 8.55 | 0.675 | 0.4 | 2.8 |
| 03/22/2007 | 13:05 | 22.6 | 49.7 | 9.3 | 82.2% | 8.19 | 0.583 | 0.4 | 5.0 |
| 01/04/2007 | 15:00 | 14.4 | 40.9 | 12.4 | 97.0% | 8.33 | 0.697 | 0.5 | 1.7 |
| 11/02/2006 | 12:38 | 41.7 | 41.4 | 10.9 | 85.9% | 8.10 | 0.713 | 0.5 | 1.4 |
| 09/26/2006 | 13:15 | 163.1 | 63.3 | 8.6 | 89.4% | 7.98 | 0.682 | 0.4 | 3.4 |
| 08/09/2006 | 12:20 | 193.5 | 80.7 | 8.9 | 111.6% | 8.10 | 0.618 | 0.4 | 1.1 |
| 07/12/2006 | 12:15 | 69.7 | 77.3 | 5.4 | 65.7% | 7.81 | 0.670 | 0.4 | N/A |
| 06/14/2006 | 13:05 | 84.2 | 81.7 | 10.2 | 129.1% | 8.32 | 0.629 | 0.4 | N/A |
| 05/23/2006 | 12:55 | 49.5 | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| 04/13/2006 | 13:00 | 13.5 | 66.1 | 4.2 | 46.7% | 8.88 | 0.675 | 0.4 | 12.2 |
| 02/22/2006 | 14:45 | 2.0 | 44.6 | 8.6 | 72.5% | 8.34 | 0.722 | 0.5 | 8.7 |
| Summary Statistics | Count | 17 | 16 | 15 | 15 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 14 |
| Average | 102.1 | 64.1 | 8.9 | 93.1% | 8.20 | 0.669 | 0.4 | 4.2 | |
| Minumum | 2.0 | 40.9 | 4.2 | 46.7% | 7.81 | 0.583 | 0.4 | 0.8 | |
| Maximum | 307.6 | 81.7 | 12.4 | 140.7% | 8.88 | 0.722 | 0.5 | 12.2 | |
| Above represents the summary statistics of ambient water quality conditions and below is a summary of E. coli bacteria results for SVC-05 (Spring Valley Creek) between February 2006 and August 2008. This site is located in Section Number 1 of Kalamazoo Charter Township, West side of Nazareth Road, between Gull Road and East 'G' Avenue. | |||||||||
| 1 out of 17 water sample results exceeded 300 bacteria colonies per 100 ml of water. | |||||||||
| 5 out of 17 water sample results were between 130 and 299 bacteria colonies per 100 ml of water. | |||||||||
| 11 out of 17 water sample results were less than 130 bacteria colonies per 100 ml of water. | |||||||||